Sentences with phrase «force fighter pilot»

Captain Jon «Skip» Roper is an Air Force fighter pilot flying in a formation of four F - 16s from Korea to Peru.

As an Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander, I came to know Sandy through his aircraft, so he became a hero to me.

I'm a former Japanese Air Force fighter pilot.

According to this U.S. Air Force fighter pilot — turned — management consultant, most companies aren't planning ahead nearly enough

Not exact matches

Though its expanded its total force during the 2016 fiscal year, as of April 2017 it was still 1,555 pilots short — more than 1,000 of them fighter pilots — of the roughly 20,000 it is mandated to have.

At the end of fiscal year 2016 in September that year, the Air Force had 1,555 fewer pilots than it needed, including 1,211 missing fighter pilots.

Jeffrey Kohler, Boeing's vice president of business development and a former U.S. Air Force pilot, said the fighter — a new, improved version of the CF - 18 — is more rugged and better suited to Canada's harsh climate.

As American forces defended themselves with well - trained fighter pilots and ship gunners, the enemies» ambitious nature proved costly.

One of my childhood heroes was the pilot Douglas Bader, who lost both his legs in a crash early in his career but went on to fly fighter planes for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Taking into account the $ 11 million cost for training a pilot to man a fifth - generation fighter, «a 1,200 fighter - pilot shortage amounts to a $ 12 billion capital loss for the United States Air Force,» Grosso said.

Therefore, it gives an idea of the g - forces on André Brännström, Saab test pilot, as he performs extreme aerobatics with the JAS - 39 Gripen C light single - engine multirole fighter aircraft.

The pilot was returning from intercepting two Turkish Air Force F - 16 fighters that had intruded into Greek airspace.

As the son of a World War II fighter pilot, I grew up an Air Force brat and went to air shows every year.

For anyone awake early enough on a Midwest Sunday morning, TV programming would often start with Air Force fighter jet footage set to «The Pilot's Prayer» by John Gillespie Magee:

As a young adult, he served in World Was II as a skilled fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force.

An Air Force helicopter pilot, a New York City fire marshal and former fire fighter and a newly - minted attorney were commemorated with a memorial service in Washington Square Park and a celebration in a nearby NYU auditorium Thursday.

McSally wants to preserve funding in the defense budget for the Air Force's A-10 Warthog fleet, the very planes she commanded as the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat.

She is a former Air Force pilot and the first woman to fly a fighter jet in combat.

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has carried out multiple operations in northern Borno, during which its fighter pilots killed several Boko Haram terrorists.

Even the driver, Green, is a former fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force.

For example, if the United States Air Force has a shortage of fighter pilots, it would not go out and lobby Congress to hire fighter pilots from the former Soviet Union.

In my earlier days after graduating from USC with a BA in Communications, I was an Air Force Captain and fighter pilot.

Ronsel is recruited to fight in a tank brigade, while Jamie trains as a fighter pilot in the air force.

There are three simultaneous stories, each revolving around one of the young heroes from «The Force Awakens»: Rey (Daisy Ridley), who's found Luke on his hidden island and now needs his help to keep the Resistance alive; Hot - shot fighter pilot Poe (played by Oscar Isaac), who's part of Leia «s combat team; and Finn (John Boyega), who's on his own side mission.

Director Martin Campbell's saga is one of creation, destruction and daddy issues, all revolving around a daredevil fighter pilot named Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) who is chosen by an alien ring — fueled by the positive green power of «will» — to be its new owner, thus making him part of a galaxy police force that, in the person of leader Sinestro (Mark Strong), views his membership with skepticism.

Afterburner Climax pits one sole fighter pilot against an entire air force of opposition.

Before writing some of the most beloved children's books of all time, Dahl served as fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force during World War II.

Instead, it shows scenes such as a fighter pilot pulling extreme G - forces, a skydiver gliding down from a high altitude, an astronaut space walking, volcanoes exploding, and divers swimming with sharks.

And earlier in 2015, after a visit to Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill wrote to the Air Force Chief of Staff, expressing her concerns over the growing problem, noting that a drone pilot «could be sitting down to a meal with his or her family less than two hours after killing Islamic State or Taliban fighters... they could be playing with their children shortly after witnessing up close and in graphic detail the effects of a 500 - pound bomb or Hellfire missile on a soft target.»

Larry Zagorski, a S.F. writer turned U.S. fighter pilot, searches for connections between what seem like disparate events while conspiracy theories begin to suggest the possibility of a single force behind them.

Taking place in the future, the player fills the role of David Crenshaw, a fighter pilot in the High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron or H.A.W.X. for the U.S. Air Force.

The other less than common birds seem to be the force - push bird, the pilot bird (who splits into three fighters), the boosting chewbacca bird and the cinnabun - haired Leia impersonator bird with a tractor beam.

You play the role of Trent Hawkings, this galaxy's ace solo fighter - pilot, whose luck forces him to save the galaxy, one time after another.

«Whether that's playing as an iconic character like Rey or Luke, as a front - line trooper or fighter pilot in epic multiplayer battles, or playing through a new Star Wars story that bridges the gap between Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ™ and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, you will become a hero in Star Wars Battlefront II.»

In 1939, shortly after graduating, Mead joined the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot.

It was said that a fighter pilot in the Israeli air force had been ordered to bomb a target on the outskirts of Saida, but knowing the building was a school, he refused to destroy it.

The 5,800 - acre installation trains fighter pilots from all branches of the armed forces.

When night blindness forces Cmdr. Harmon Rabb Jr. to end his career as a fighter pilot, he decides to do the next most exciting thing — enter law school.